Help Topic with Help Already Open Causes Error

ID: Q129956

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 95 Preview Program

SYMPTOMS

If you start Help from the Start menu, click the Contents tab, double-click the How To topic, double-click the Use A Network topic, double-click the Finding A Computer topic, then open a Help file and view Help topics from Windows Explorer, you receive the following error message:

Winhelp: This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the problem persists, contact the program vendor.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 95


Keywords          : win95 appscomp wpp95 
Version           : 95
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        :

Last Reviewed: June 25, 1999